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A
store was established at the point now known as Kennard Station,
in 1854, by Pennock &
McCardney. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, passed
through the place in the fail of 1862.
In
1867, the United Brethren Society erected a church, and, in 1868, the
Methodists built a small chapel near by. The first preacher, in the
former denomination, was Rev. Silas
Casteline; the first in the latter, Rev. J. W. Blasdell. The
congregations are both small. On March 10th, 1864, William C. Keene, was
commissioned the first postmaster at the station, and still retains the
office. The Patrons of Husbandry established a Grange in Kennard, in
1875, which is in a prosperous condition. The station derived its name
from a contractor in the building of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad.
History
of Mercer County,
1877, page 83
Postcard circa 1910
Kennard hosts the
first industry in Sugar Grove Twp.
The
first enterprise of an industrial nature [in Sugar Grove Township] was a
saw-mill, built in 1808 by Jacob Hannell,
to which millstones were afterward attached and a grist-mill started.
The location of this establishment was alongside of a little run near
Kennard. Hannell was succeeded in the
ownership by Philip Berrier. The business
was a profitable one, as no competitor was within easy access. A fire,
in which two of Hannell’ s sons perished,
destroyed a portion of the structure.
History
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Kennard
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located in Sugar Grove Township
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Also known as Kennard Station
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Kennard
is a station on the Erie Railroad. The first store in it was opened in
1854 by Pennock & McCardney.
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William
C. Keene was the first postmaster at Kennard,
1864. He was followed by Abram
H. Curtis in 1886 - History of Mercer County 1888
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you're looking for your ancestors in Kennard, try the 1850 Census for Salem Twp and the 1870 Census for Sugar Grove Township |
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